Collapsible millinery box



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,296

J. KRAMER ET AL COLLAPSIBLE MILLINERY BOX Filed July 9. 192-; 5Sheets-Sheet 1 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 0 m m 0 I 0 I 0 PSIBLE MILLINERY BOXJ. KRAMER ET AL Filed July 9 COLLA Feb. 9 1926.

Feb. 9 1926.

J. KRAMER ET AL COLLAPSIBLE MILLINERY BOX Filed July 9. 1924 3Sheets-Sheet 5 76 i i Emm ATT NEY.

Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KRAMER AND ALBERT H. ISRAEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAPSIBLE MILLINERY BOX.

Application filed July 9, 1924. Serial No. 725,073.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH KRAMER and ALBERT H. ISRAEL, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at borough of Manhattan, city,county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collapsible Millinery Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to collapsible boxes of the sizes and contourapplicable for enclosing millinery. a

An object of this invention is to provide a box for millinery and thelike of the setup type and in collapsible form, without any creases inany panel or cover or bottom.

The preferred forms of our invention relate to collapsible, completelyassembled,

set-up boxes, that is to say, the top and bottom covers of a box areattached to the side, front and rear panels; each box is complete initself and without any separate or additional box part, enablingimmediate setting up of the box when preparing the same to enclosethere-in hats or the like for shipment, storage or other purposes.

Our invention in collapsible, set up boxes affords transportation bytrucks, railroad and the like of a very large multiple of collapsibleset up boxes'as compared with nonco laps'ible set-up boxes of the samecontent, and like advantages are attained in the storage of collapsibleboxes embodying our invention at the locations of manufacture ofmillinery, particularly in cities of large size, with correspondingsavings of rentals of storage space.

A feature of our invention is the provision of front and side flapsfortlie top and bottom covers and respectively integral therewith.

Further features of our invention reside in the economy of materialattained by the employment of two blanks, one blank including the topand bottom covers with theirour invention resides in various improvedmeans for securely locking the bottom cover tothe body of the box.

Further features and objects of the invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following detail description and the accompanyingdrawings in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form ofcollapsible millinery box embodying our invention and illustrated infully collapsed position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box of Fig. 1 and illustrated withcertain of its part's'moved into a semi-collapsed position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box shown in Figs. 1 and 2 shownmoved to a position preliminary to lodging the front and side panels ofthe box into the bottom cover;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the box of the preceding figures inset-up position preparatory to receiving a hat or the like;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the unassembl'ed two blanks forming the boxshown in Fig. I

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of the blank comprising the topand bottom covers;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 4 on a greatlyenlarged scale;

Fig. Sis a detail sectional elevation on line 8-8 of Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view showing the lower portion of thefront panel and of side panel and also the bottom cover, and a modifiedform of fastening means forthe bottom cover; f.-

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view on line 1010 of Fig. 9, on a greatlyenlarged scale;

Fig. 11 is a perspective View similar to Fig. 9 but showing anothermethod ofsecuring the bottom cover;

Fig. 12 is a detail vertical sectional elevation showing one form ofjointly securing the top and bottom covers'by strings;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of our collapsible box showing a furtherform of securing the bottom and top covers by strings;

Fig. 14 is a detail vertical sectional view, in modification of Fig. 12,showing another form of attaching the upper'string for the top cover;

Fig. 15 is ade 'l outside elevation of the front panel and front flap ofthe bottom cover and showing another form of locking the bottom cover tothe front panel;

Fig. 16 is a detail inside elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 15;

Fig. 17 is a detail perspective View showing the assembly of the topcover of the blank of the form shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 18 is a detail perspective view showing a further modification ofattachmem for the bottom cover of the box; and

Fig. 19 is a detail View of a further modification.

In the various forms of our invention the box is formed of two blanks,one blank comprising the top cover, the rear panel and the bottom covertogether with attached flanges for the top and bottom covers and alsowith attached connecting flanges at the opposite sides of the rearpanel, and the other blank comprising the two side panels and the frontpanel, the side panels being respectively attached to the aforesaidconnecting flanges at the opposite sides of the rear panel.

Referring to the form of the collapsible millinery box shown in Figs. 1to 4, the box .includes the top cover 20 hinged integrally at itsrearward edge 21 to the rear panel 22, as by suitably scoring, andsimilarly the bottom cover 23 is hingedly connected at its rearward edge24 to the rear panel 22. The top cover 20, rear panel 22, and the bottomcover 23 are of one blank A, see Fig. 5, and preferably with flanges orflaps 25, 26, 27 for the opposite sides and the front of the top cover20, also the flanges or flaps 28, 29 and 30 for the sides and front ofthe bottom cover 23 and the flaps 31, 32 at the sides of the rear panel22. Such blank A is died-out in outline by a suitable die punch fromsuitable sheet material and also scored on the scoring lines 21, 24, andon the lines of connection of the respective aforesaid flanges 25 to 32,inclusive and slotted at the slot cuttings at 33, 34, 35, 36 and angularcuttings at outside corners 37, 38, 39, 40 of the top cover Y20 and ofthe bottom cover 23.

The seorings 41, 42 are made on the top side flanges 25, 26,respectively and the scorings 28, 29, to provide fla s for connectionwith the front flanges 2 30 of the top cover 20 and the bottom cover 23,res ectively.

n Fi 5, we have shown also ablank B for t e two side panels and thefront panehthe portion 46 corresponding to one side panel, the portion47 to the front panel and the portion 48 to the opposite side panel; theblank B is scored at 49 and. at if; I; provide the aforesaid portions46,

In the blank B, Fig. 5, there is also provlded a slot cutting 51cooperating with a tongue cutting 52 incorporated in the front flap 30of blank A, Fig. 5, constituting one form of sccurement of the bottomcover with the front panel 47 but 'such cutting 51 is not provided onthe blank B for other forms of securement of the bottom cover, as willappear more fully hereinafter.

Upon bending the flaps on the indicated lines of scoring shown on blankA, Fig. 5, and bending on the'lines 21, 24 of scoring to form the topcover 20, the bottom cover 23 and the rear panel 22, the side flaps 28,29 of the bottom cover 23 are bent respectively on the scoring lines 43,44

see also Fig. 3, for connection respectively with the ends of the flap30 of the bottom muslin, paper or the like are applied exteriorly tobind the front flap 30 with the side flap 29 and similarly the frontflap 30 with the opposite side flap 28 of the bottom cover 23.

In like manner, the side flaps 25, 26 of the top cover 20 are bent onthe scoring lines 41, 42 for connection with the front flap 27 of thetop cover 20, and strips 55, 56 of gummed material are applied to bindthe same.

To assemble the box, the lateral edge portion 46 of the side panel 46 ofblank B is secured by staples 57 or the like to the flap 31 of the rearpanel 22 of blank A, and similarly the lateral portion 48* of theopposite side panel 48 of blank B is secured by staples 58 to the flap32 of the rear panel 22 of blank A.

When blanks A and B are connected together, the resulting box iscomplete in itself. The fully collapsed box is shown in Fig. 1; in Fig.2, the box is shown in semicollapsed position, namely with the top cover20 and the bottom cover 23 swung from co-incidence with the rear panel22 and the side panel 46. In Fig. 3, the box is shown in the positionattained by swinging up and pulling forward the front panel 47,whereupon by pulling upward the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23 andtherewith the side flaps 28, 29 of the bottom cover 23, the box isset-up by inserting the lower edge portions of the side and front panels46. 47, 48 within the front flap 30 and side flaps 28. 29 of the bottomcover 23.

One form of locking the bottom'cover to the front panel, is indicated inFigs. 1 to 5, inclusive, namely by the provision of the tonmie 52provided by" the line of cutting, see igs. 7 and 8, extending from thelocadesired shaping of the tongue 52. A general arrow-shape contour forthe tongue 52 tion 59 to the location 60 upwardlv for the I is highlyadvantageous for locking purposes,

length to the length of the top edge 62 of thetongue 52 and opposite endslot portions 63, 64 extending upwardly, as viewed in Fig. 8, therebyfacilitating ready entry of the tongue 52 and automatic locking of thetriangular end portions 65, 66 of the arrowshape tongue 52 afterpassage-through the respective opposite slots 63, 64. Upon passing thetongue 52 through the slot 51, see Fig. 3, the end portions 65, 66 holdthe tongue 52 in looking relation to theinner face of front panel 47 Itwill be observed wholly of straight line cuttings to form n. rectangleof dimensions determined bv the height, depth and width of the set-upmillinery box, and accordingly no wastage of material or paper or likestock obtains.

In the cutting of'the blank B, the sole.

wastage are the small rectangles cut from the cut-out corners 37. 38,39. 40 and the slots 33, 34, 35, 36, the total of which is of such minoramount as to be commercially negligible.

In F ig 6, we have shown a blank A in modification of the blank A of Fi5: the 'blank co-opcrating with blank A corre- I 68 in the front flap 27of the top cover 20 and similarly the slot cuttings 69, of the frontflap 30 of the bottom cover 23, thus providing for the cornerre-inforcing flap '71, scored at 72 and the corner re-inforcing flap 73scored at 74, for the top cover 20; and similarly the cornerre-inforcing flap 75 scored at 76 and the opposite corner reinforcingflap 77 scored at 7 8 for the bottom cover 23. Like parts of blank Acorresponding to the blank A are marked by the same reference numbers.The corner reinforcing flaps provide for increased overlapping materialfor connecting the front flaps of the. top and bottom coversrespectively with the side flaps.

In Figs. 9 and 10, we have indicated another form of securement of thebottom 'cover 23 to the front panel 47. namelv bv the use of a. metalpin initially positioned in the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23,namely by inserting the bent end portion 86 and the intermediate bentportion 87 through a suitable opening 88 in the front flap 30, and uponsetting up the front panel 47 in position relative to the bottom cover23, lodging the pin 85 by pushing its upper portion 90 through anopening 91 in the front panel 47 and bending the same inwardly asindicated at 92 against the inner face of the front panel 47.

In Fig. 11, there-is indicated a further form of locking the bottomcover 23 to the front panel 47, namely by the use of one or more strips93, 94 of adhesive materiaL.

that the blank B is Such strips are applied initially about the frontpanel 30 of the bottom cover 23 as is indicated by the strip 94, the end95 of the strip 94 being free. When the box is being set up, theadhesive on the free end 95 is wet, and pressed against the front panel47, as indicated by-the adhered strip 93.

The boxembodying our construction may also be secured by the use ofstrings, as is indicated in Figs. 12, 13 and 14. In the form shown inFig. 12, the string 97 is secured by a staple 98 to the inner face ofthe bottom cover 23 and passed upwardly of the front panel 47. Thecoacting string 99 may be similarly secured to the inner face of the topcover 20 by a similar staple 100, and then passed exteriorly of thefront panel 47. The free ends of the strings 97, 99 are tied tooneanother as is indicated at 101. If desired, the fixed end of the string97 may be knotted as is indicated at 102 and the fixed end of the string99 similarly knotted as is indicated in 103.

In the form shown in Figs. 13, and 14,

'the lower string 97 corresponds to the string 97 of Fig. 12 and theupper string 104 is secured, see Fig. 14, by anchoring its fixed end bymeans of the staple 10-5 on the outer face of the rear panel 22, thenpassed exteriorly over the top cover 20 and tied with the lower stringas is indicated at 106. In

this form of securement of the bottom and top covers, the strings 97,104 serve also as suitable means for carrying the box.

In Figs. 15 and 16, we have shown a further modification of locking thebottom cover to the front panel, namely by the use of one or moreangular flaps 107, 108 out in the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23and passed through vertical slotted openings 109, 110 in the front panel47 Preferably, the tongues 107, 108 are provided with downwardlyextending angular extensions such as the extensions 111 shown in Fig. 15or the triangular extensions 112 shown in Fig. 16. The slotted openings109 and 110 may be rectangular and of a length less than the vertical"height of each flap including its angular portion 111 or 112, thegreater vertical length of each flap 107, 108 being readily passedthrough the relatively shorter length of slot when such flap 107 is bentfrom the front fiap 30 of the bottom cover 23 toward the front panel 47and moved "in ,an

wire stri-p having oppositely disposed pointed end portions 116, 117which portions are bent at asuitable angle relative to the body portionof the fastening member 115, and the securement of the bottom cover 23may be had by pushing the fastening member 115 through the front flapandthen through the adjacent portion of the front panel 47 until the bodyportion of the fastening member attains the position indicated 115,whereupon the respective pointed end portions are bent as indicated at116, 117.

The body of boxes made pursuant to our invention may be formed of anysuitable box material, such as cardboard, fibre board, corrugated board,plain chip board with or without box covering paper.

The creases located as hereinabove described may be of the pinch type,rotary type or of the up and down type, as may be desired.

The front and side flaps of the top and bottom covers of the box may beflattened or collapsed by turning the side flaps inwardly, i. e., withinthe contour of the body of the cover and the front flap outwardly of thecontour of the body of the cover.

Our invention is applicable to millinery boxes of the variousconnnercial sizes, usually ranging in the cubical types from eightinches by eight inches by eight inches to twenty inches by twenty inchesby twenty inches; the invention is also advantageous for sizes of thenon-cubical types and of all sizes.

It will be observed that the strips of gummed muslin, linen, adhesive orgum paper such as strips 53, 54, see Figs. 1 to 4, 9, 11, 13 and 18serve to-re-inforce the )Olllt between the interconnected flaps, andalso to re-inforce the material of the flap at and on the opposite sidesof the creases of the connecting flap portions. Thus in the form of theinvention shown in Figs. 1 to 4. the adhesive strip 53 serves to connectthe end of the flap 30 with the end of the side flap 2.)

r and also to re-inforce the material of the flap 29 at and on theopposite sides of the crease 44 of the connecting flap portion of theside flap 29.

In Fig. 19, we have illustrated another a form of secnrement of thebottom cover 23 to the body of the box, namely by the use of a wirefastener 120 similar to the wire fastener 85, Fig. 10, and bent at 121and passed through an opening 122 in the front panel 47 and an opening123 provided .on theline of scoring between the front'flap 30 and thebottom cover 23, which opening 123 is located in the path of downwardmovement, see Fig. 3, of the front panel 47 into the bottom cover 23,whereby upon final positioning of the body of the box within the bottomcover 23, the projecting ortion 124; of the wire fastener 120 passes trough the opening 123, and the wire fastener 120 is similarly locked asin Fig. 10 by bending the same forwardly and upwardly to be brought intocontact with the outer face of the front panel 23 as indicated at 125.

t The bottom cover may be secured to the body of the box, also by meansof a pair of buttons of fiber or like stiff material, eyeleted to thefront flap of the bottom cover and the front panel of the box, with aninterconnecting string, as commonly employed for closing mail envelopesand other packages, with or without similar pairs of such buttons andrespective interconnecting strings. It will be noted that the blankcomprising the top and bottom covers and rear panel is creased solely"at the marginal lines of the body portion of the top and bottom coversrespectively with their flaps and of the rear 'panel with its oppositeflaps for attachment with the other blank, and that the other blank iscreased solely at the marginal lines of the side and front panels.Accordingly, the body portions of the top and bottom covers and of therear, front and side panels are not creased or folded when in fully orpartially collapsed form as well as when set-up, that is to say, uponjoining to one another the two blanks constituting the box. neither thetop nor the bottom cover when collapsed is folded upon itself nor in anyother manner whatsoever, and likewise each of the rear, front and sidepanels when collapsed is not folded upon itself nor folded in any othermanner whatsoever. Such arrangement of the parts of our collapsible boxinsures full strength and stiffness of the body portions of the top andbottom covers and of the panels constituting the body of the box,whereby the material of the box is preserved against all tendency towardcolla sing or semi-collapsing condition of the 10x when set up and fullyprotecting the contained hat or like article.

lVherea's we have described our invention by reference to specific formsthereof. it will be understood that many changes and modifications maybe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

lVc claim A collapsible box made from two blanks, the first blankforming the two opposite side panels and the front panel of the box withscore lines located between said side panels and said front panel: thesecond blank forming the top and bottom covers and the rear panel of thebox, score lines between said top and bottom covers and said rear panel,connecting flaps at the opposite sides of said rear panel, score linesbetween said rear anel and connecting flaps, means for attac ing theopposite side panels of the first mentioned blank to said connectingflaps whereby the side walls of the box will fold laterally and inuncreased condition when the box is collapsed; the top and bottom coversof the box being provided with opposite side flaps and front flapsdefined by score lines, corner slits between said opposite side flapsand front flaps, a diagonal score line radiating from the base of eachof said corner slits whereb when the slitted extremities of the end apsare secured to the adjacent front flaps the corners of said top andbottom covers may be collapsed along said diagonal score lines, saidflaps being arranged to engage the outer walls of the body of the boxwhen in set up position.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification this 2nd day ofJuly, 1924:.

JOSEPH KRAMER. ALBERT H. ISRAEL.

